I’m a culinary dietitian passionate about whole foods, local eating and gardening. Draw on my 25 years experience to help you meet your goals. Learn simple, fun and delicious healthy eating! I can help you improve your health, lose weight or stay healthy as a vegetarian. I also specialize in medical nutrition therapy as a delicious approach to manage diabetes, high blood pressure, heart and celiac diseases and food allergies.

Nancy Guppy, RD

Friday, May 4, 2012

Mint magic vinaigrette and marinade

This is a simple, delicious salad dressing you can make quickly. We enjoy it on early lettuce, spring onion and herb salads. It is also good as a marinade for chicken, fish, lamb, tofu or bean salads. Very versatile.

Where I live there is no shortage of mint! Ha, there are at least four kinds growing. There is old fashion spearmint that was here on the farm when I moved in as well as peppermint, Swiss mint and a cat mint (nip) I since planted. I love them all and use it in numerous ways. I use mint fresh or dried throughout the year in hot and cold tea. Aids digestion. Reduces gas. I also like it in salad and am particularly fond of the Egyptian Mint Potato Salad posted last year at my blog.

If you are a novice to growing mint be advised that it will eventually take over. Many people look for an out-of-the way spot for their mint. Alternately, grow it in a container set in the ground to prevent the roots from spreading. Follow this link if you want to read more about how to use mint along with nutritional and medicinal benefits that I wrote a few years ago.